Overdose on Opioids? Get a New Prescription
Click on the audio player above to hear the full interview.Amid reports of record-high deaths from heroin linked to opiate pills like Oxycontin and Vicodin, a new study from the Annals of Internal...
View ArticleAs Campaigns Leave New Hampshire, The Heroin Epidemic Remains
Click on the audio player above to hear this segment.The United States is in the midst of a growing drug epidemic. Heroin use among young adults has doubled in the last decade, though the problem...
View ArticleTask Force to Address Opiates 'Epidemic'
A legislative task force in New York is taking a look at ways to address the dramatic rise in heroin and prescription opiates abuse.Suffolk County State Senator Phil Boyle is chairman of the bipartisan...
View ArticleWho’s responsible when America’s your drug dealer?
Overdose deaths among veterans treated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs occur at a rate nearly double the national average. Reporter Aaron Glantz has been following this story for two years....
View ArticleRising Death Rates Among Middle-Age White Americans
While non-whites, younger people and people in other countries are seeing falling death rates, a recent study found a dramatic increase in the mortality rate of middle aged white Americans since...
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On the campaign trail in NH, heartbreak over heroin addiction
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But, first, say New Hampshire, and most people in the political world think first-in-the-nation primary, coming up February 9. But, these days, there’s...
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